Dross-mold



DROSS MOLD. APPLICATION FILED 1AN.16,1919.

Patented June 17, 1919.

INI/ENTO? #EMM/GER.

A TUH/VEYS ISAAC NEWTON HEMINGER, OF FINDLAY, DHIO.

DROSS-MOLD.

Laumer.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 17, 1919.

Application led January 16, 1919. Serial No. 271,426.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, IsAAc N. HEMINGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Findlay, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dross-Molds, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to molds and like apparatus and is more particularly a device for receiving hot dross as it is skimmed from the top of molten linotype and stereotype metal, in order to prevent the dross from running together into a hard mass, my object being the Provision of a device which will keep the dross in condition so that when emptied out, it will crumble upa in small pieces capable of easy handling and ready to be returned either to the metal pot or run through a dross sifter, without further pounding or crushing.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my present invention,

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my invention,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof in the closed position,

Fig. 3 is a similar view in the open position, and

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section through the lower portion thereof.

Referring now to these figures, my invention resides in a cylindrical mold 10, in two semi-cylindrical sections 11 and 12, which are hinged along the longitudinal edges at one side as at 13 and are provided along their opposite edges with fastening means as for instance, staples 14 and hasps 15 as shown, whereby the sections may be readily and quickly connected and disconnected.

This mold is entirely open at one end through which it is filled in the upright position shown in Fig. 1 and, adjacent its opposite end, the mold section 12 carries a circular bottom plate 16 around a portion of the peripheral edge of which the section 11- tits when closed, said section 11 having at its eXtreme lower end an inturned flange 17 as seen particularly in Figs. 2, 3, and 1 which in the closed position of the section extends beneath the free edge of the bottom plate 16 so as to form a support therefor and obviate sagging under the weight of the material poured therein.

It is obvious that a mold so constructed may be readily and easily handled and when set in the upright position of Fig. 1, with its open end uppermost, may be readily filled with the dross skimmed from molten linotype and stereotype material by the use, for instance, of a funnel or other desirable {illing member as seen in the broken lines of Fig. 1.

It is then an easy matter to handle the mold either full or partly full and a simple matter to release the fastenings and open the section 11 upon the hinge 13, permitting' the dross to fall out through the side instead of requiring up ending of the mold and the pouring of the dross out of the top thereof. I have found that by means of this device the dross is maintained in condition so that when emptied out onto a fioor or into a box it crumbles into small pieces, permitting it to be easily handled, and maintaining the same in readiness to be returned to the metal pot or to be run through a dross sifter as desired.

1. A dross mold, comprising a cylindrical receptacle open at one end and formed of semi -cylindrical sections hinged together along one edge, fastening means along the opposite edges of said sections to hold the same in closed position during filling, and a bottom plate carried by one of said sections and engaged by the other section, to close the lower end of the mold, when the sections are fastened together.

2. A dross mold, comprising a cylindrical receptacle open at one end and formed of semi -oylindrical sections hinged together along one edge, fastening means along the opposite edges of said sections to hold the same in closed position during filling, and a bottom plate carried by one of said sections to close the lower end of the mold, when the sections are fastened together, the other section having an int-urned fia-nge at its lower end to extend beneath the bottom plate in closed position.

ISAAC NEWTON HEMINGER.

Witnesses A R. L. HEMINGER, L. N. HEMINGER.

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